Manifold paper and process of producing the same.



PATENTED SEPT. 25, 1906.

E. E. LINPOOT. MANIFOLD PAPER AND PROCESS OF PRODUCING THE SAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAY4, 1905.

2 SHEETSSHBET l.

No. 831,559. PATENTED SEPT. 25, 1906. E. E. LINFOOT.

MANIFOLD PAPER AND PROCESS OF PRODUCING THE SAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAY4,1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEETZ WITNESSES:

I ERNEST E. LINFOOT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MANIFOLD PAPER AND PROCESS OF PRODUCING THE SAME- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 4, 1906. Serial No. 258,769.

Patented Sept. 25, race.

.To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST E. LINFOOT, a citizen of the United States, residin at Philadelphia, in the county of Philade phia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manifold Pa er and Methods of Producing Same, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of my invention to provide a manifold or impression sheet a color-coat of'which shall bear any selected predetermined marking or brand, such as a name, letter, pattern, figure, trade mark of any character, heraldic, or other device or emblem or symbol of any desired character, formed and completed in said coat, especially to so form the markin that it shall be distinguished from the ad acent ortion of said coat b reason of being of a d' erent appearance therefrom with respect to bri htness of finish, and, furthermore, to provi e a process b which the sheets rovided with my marking ma be pro uce with a minimum if any additlon to the cost of producing unmarked sheets.

I now proceed to describe the best method known to me of marking the sheets in accordance with my invention and a machine by the aid of which such method may be practiced.

In the accompanyin drawings, Figure I is a sectional elevation of an a paratus for the manufacture of the manifol d or impression sheets in accordance with my preferred practice. Fig. II is a View, in perspective of a contact-roller and associated parts. Fig. III is a view, partly in section, of a portion of the contact-roller, the crests of the type-like projections of the'contact-plate being shown 1n contact with the paper. Fi IV 15 a face elevation of acontactlate y which the marki shown in Fig. Iis produced and which p ate is of course to be mounted upon a roller or other device adapted to SliPPOIt it in operative relation to the sheet. ig. V is a vertical section of the lastmentioned contactlate on the dotted line V V of Fig. IV. Fig. Q 1 is a view of a portion of a finished manifold or impression sheet, the impression or color coat face of which contains a group of letters. Fig. VII is a view in front elevation of a contact-plate, illustrating varieties of type-like projections, in the use of which plate marking will be produced of letters of other than the solid block form.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, a designates a supporting-frame, and b a roll of suitable paper supported for rotation at one end thereof. J ournaled on one end of the frame adjacent to the roll ofa or b is a pair of rollers c and d, and journa e on the other end of the frame is another pair of rollers g and h; The rollers 12 andd are geared together, and they are actuated by -a s rocket-chain e on a ing a sprocketwhee e on the roller 0, amft e rollers g and h are geared together and are actuated by a sprocket-chain i engaging a sprocket-wheel on the roller 9.

The paper web to, forming the backing for the ultimate impression or manifold sheets,

is drawn from the roll I; and between the pairs of rollers c d and g h, and during the passage of the web between the rollers c and d it receives the heated color-coat mixturetrough and spreads it upon the paper web w in the usual known manner.

The rotation of the pairs of rollers c d and g h occasions the continuous advance from left to right (with referenceto Fig. 1) of the web from the roll I). The h0t.c0lor-coat a plied to the paper by the roller 0 gradual y .dries or sets during the time of its transit to the right-hand end of the machine, and b the action of a rotating cutter 7c the web is d1- vided into sheets X of the re uired size,which are deposited within a suitab e receiver n.

' The cutter k is carried by a shaft 7', which is journaled on the frame a. This shaft is provided with a sprocket-wheel m, which is engaged and driven by a sprocket-chain m, the movement of the cutter is with relation to the movement of the aper web to bein properly timed to sever f iom the latter t e impression-sheets X of the required size.

Journaled in boxes carried b brackets a on the frame a intermediate 0 the pairs of marking.

pro ections 1 corresponding to the desired In the air angement of the parts illustrated '1 infFigsi I, II, and III the facesof the typelike projections are flush with the'face of I the roller; p, ancl'preferably said type-like projections and the face of the roller are, to 1 produce the best-finish .on the color-coat,

alikeformed of metal. The roller p 'is'provided with asprocket wheel u, around which passes a sprocket-chain u", by means of which said roller is caused-to rotate at such speed that its surface travels at the same rate as'the *s'peed of'the-web. The roller and type-like projections thereon are, to produce the best results, of a different temperature from the color=coat upon the paper web to or colder relatively thereto, and during the operation "'oftlie a'lpparatus the-contact of the relatively 2d .'cold"'r'o er p'and 'ty e-like projections of the contact-plate with t e color-coat of the paper whilethe color-eoat'is still in a pasty or unset condition-renders the surface of the portion'of the color face or coat with which such contact is made smootherthan the regions of the sheet where-such contact is not made, with the r'esultfthatgt'he body of the color-coat on the web and the letters AB C thereon will be of" brightreflective finish, while the small region "of the'c'oat in which said letters appear wi lre'inain' of duller finish. The or'tion of the web w which is shown in Fig. I bears as a marking'on' its color-coat the letters A B C in bright finish, which letters are located in a small panel of relatively dull finish, While the remainder of said coat is of'a' bright e corresponding to that of said letters. oontact-roller p is preferably rovided with devices, such as the set-screw ,by whichitsvertical pos ition'may be adjustably deterininedto present said roller in operative contact with the color-"coat upon the paper web w. Said roller p may also be adjusted horizontally' to different positions lengthwise of the machine and secured by engaging the secur'ing bolts for the brackets a in selected bolt-holes z of the series shown in Fig. II in the side bars of the frame a.

Many arrangements of contrasted bright and dull finished surfaces may be resorted to in producing desired marking. Thus, for example, in Fig. VI on a .sheet the body of which is of bright finish I illustrate a marking which includes the letters 'I) E F?" in dull finish in a small region of bright finish.- To produce this marking, I 'may' employ in the roller'p'instead of the plate'r (shown in Fig. II)

A the platey.

(Shown-in Figs. IV and V.) The last-mentioned plate has type-like projec-' tions 0 like those of the plate 1 and has also a boss 25, the face of which is flush with the faces ofnthe type-like projections and that of the 10 61''.

In theface of said boss are cut depressions which correspond reversely with the letters D' E F shown in Fig. VI. In-

the use of the contact-plate last referred to the projections 0 will produce theletters A i B C in bright finish on'the color-coat, and the face of the boss t will occasion the formation of a bright area thereon? but the region of'the coat which comes beneath or registers with the depressed portionof theface of the boss t will remainof dull finishl withthe result that the letters D E F will' be produced in dull" finish. p

The varieties of marking in bright or dull effect which maybe produced are many.

Thus the plate s (shown in FigpVII) has,

type-like projections of the letters 0 and 'H, which will produce a markin instyles different from those shown in Figs. I and VI.

The various color-coat mixtures which may be employed are'not uniform" in composition or consistency and in setting or drying qualities, and the distance that'the contact-roller should'be placed fromthe roller 0 to secure the best result will vary with the characterof the mixture employed, and it is for this reason that I make the contact rolleradjustable within a certain range'len'gthwise ofthe machine, so that it may be adjusted to and secured in such' position'asto act upon any iven color-coat mixture atthetime when the atter is in such stage ofitsdrying' that the most effective marking action will take place.- It is to be understood that the rocess above described merelyproduces a dlfferent appearance in diflerent regions of the surface o IIO as to produce a polished surface over such portion without depriving said smoothed portion of its ca acity to transfer an impres-" sion, substantia y as set forth.

2. A carbon or transfer sheet having a portion onlyof its transfer material smoothed by pressure so as to produce a polished surface over such portion, substantially as set forth.

3. A carbon or transfer sheet having a por tion only of its transfermaterial smoothed by pressure and change of temperature, was to produce a olished surface over such portion, substantia ly asset forth. ,4. An impression-sheet of uniform opacity throughout its area, having its impres sion coating of different thicknesses in (lif ferent regions, substantially as set forth.

5. An impression-sheet of uniform opacity throughout its area, having its impression-coating of different density in different regions, substantially as set forth.

6. A carbon or transfer sheet having a portion only of its transfer material smoothed so as to produce a polished surface over such portion, the polished and unpolished portions of said transfer material being of uniform opacity without depriving said smoothed portion of its capacity to transfer an impression, substantially as set forth.

7. The process of providing a carbon.or transfer sheet with contrasting surfaces in difierent regions, which consists in smoothing a portion only of its transfer material so as to produce a polished surface over such portion without depriving said smoothed portion of its capacity to transfer an impression, substantially as set forth.

8. The process of providing a carbon or transfer sheet with contrasting surfaces in different regions, which consists in smoothing by pressure a portion only of its transfer material so as to produce a olished surface over such portion, substantia ly as set forth.

9. The process of providing a carbon or transfer sheet with contrasting surfaces in different regions, which consists in smoothing by pressure and change of temperature, a portion only of its transfer material, so as to produce a polished surface over such a portion, substantially as set forth.

10. The process of providing an impression-sheet with a predetermined markin which consists in bringing into contact wit the color-coat on a backing, while said coat is in a pasty or unset condition, a contact device of suitable form to produce the required marking.

11. The process of providing an impression-sheet with a predetermined marking, which consists in bringing into contact with the color-coat on a backing while said coat is in a asty or unset condition, a contact device aving a face of different temperature than said coat and of suitable form to produce the required marking.

12. The process of producing an impression-sheet having a predetermined marking thereon, which consists in applying coloringmatter to the backing, and in bringing into contact with said coloring-matter on said backing while said coloring-matter is in a. pasty or unset condition, a contact device of a different temperature than the coloringmatter and of suitable form to produce the required marking.

13. The process of producing an impression-sheet having a predetermined letter-or marking thereon, which consists in applying the coloring-matter in a heated condition to the backing, and in bringin into contact with the coloring-matter on said backing and before said coloring-matter has set, a contact device having a contact-face cooler than said coloring-matter and of suitable form to produce the required marking.

14. An impression-sheet havin the surface of its impression-coating of different reflective capacity in different regions, all of said regions having equal capacity to transfer an impression, substantially as set forth.

15. An impression-sheet having the surface of its impression-coating of different reflective capacity in different regions, all of said regions being of equal opacity and having) equal capacity to transfer an impression, su stantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST E. LINFOOT.

Witnesses:

W. W. CANBY, A. V. GRoUPE. 

